The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has Intercepted 40 parcels of cocaine weighing 43.11kg, with an estimated street value of over N32 billion at the Tincan Port, Lagos.
According to the Commander of Tincan Port Command of the agency, Sumaila Ethan, the two clearing agents were promptly arrested and the consignment, which was brought into Nigeria from Brazil on board a vessel marked MV SPAR SCORPIO, was properly searched.
“After a thorough search, we discovered 40 compressed parcels, which after laboratory investigations, tested positive to cocaine. The two clearing agents have been taken into custody while we continue with the investigation. The seizure is no doubt an attestation to the renewed vigour in the operations of the agency. We appreciate our Chairman/Chief Executive, Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), who provided guidance all through the operations,” Ethan stated while briefing journalists yesterday at the Ikoyi office of the agency.
Ethan stated that the Tincan port seizure was coming on the heels of similar ones at the Lagos and Abuja airports as well as from the FCT, Edo, Katsina State, Nasarawa State and Benue state Commands in the last three weeks.
He commended the commander, officers and men of the Tincan Port Command for the operation.
While commending the commander, officers and men of the Tincan Port Command for the operation, Marwa charged them and other Commands across the country to remain vigilant and on red alert.
“The successes we’re recording in the last three weeks can only serve as a challenge to raise the bar and do more. We’ll continue to do our best to motivate the officers and men of the agency, and we expect full commitment and dedication to work and discipline in return so that we can collectively achieve the goal of ridding our country of illicit drugs,” he stated.
